refrigerar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refrigero, refrigerare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.fɾi.ʒəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.fɾi.d͡ʒeˈɾaɾ]

Verb

refrigerar (first-person singular present refrigero, first-person singular preterite refrigerí, past participle refrigerat)

1. to cool; cool down
2. to refrigerate

Related terms

• refrigeració
• fred

Further reading

• “refrigerar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “refrigerar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “refrigerar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “refrigerar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refrigero, refrigerare.

Verb

1. to cool; cool down
2. to refrigerate

Derived terms

• refrigerador

Related terms

• refrigeração
• frio

Further reading

• “refrigerar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refrigero, refrigerare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refɾixeˈɾaɾ/ [re.fɾi.xeˈɾaɾ]

Verb

refrigerar (first-person singular present refrigero, first-person singular preterite refrigeré, past participle refrigerado)

1. (transitive) to refrigerate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refrigerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			refrigerar
gerund			refrigerando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refrigerado		refrigerada
		plural		refrigerados		refrigeradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	refrigero	refrigerastú refrigerásvos	refrigera	refrigeramos	refrigeráis	refrigeran
	imperfect	refrigeraba	refrigerabas	refrigeraba	refrigerábamos	refrigerabais	refrigeraban
	preterite	refrigeré	refrigeraste	refrigeró	refrigeramos	refrigerasteis	refrigeraron
	future	refrigeraré	refrigerarás	refrigerará	refrigeraremos	refrigeraréis	refrigerarán
	conditional	refrigeraría	refrigerarías	refrigeraría	refrigeraríamos	refrigeraríais	refrigerarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	refrigere	refrigerestú refrigerésvos2	refrigere	refrigeremos	refrigeréis	refrigeren
	imperfect (ra)	refrigerara	refrigeraras	refrigerara	refrigeráramos	refrigerarais	refrigeraran
	imperfect (se)	refrigerase	refrigerases	refrigerase	refrigerásemos	refrigeraseis	refrigerasen
	future1	refrigerare	refrigerares	refrigerare	refrigeráremos	refrigerareis	refrigeraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		refrigeratú refrigerávos	refrigere	refrigeremos	refrigerad	refrigeren
	negative		no refrigeres	no refrigere	no refrigeremos	no refrigeréis	no refrigeren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of refrigerar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive refrigerar
	dative	refrigerarme	refrigerarte	refrigerarle, refrigerarse	refrigerarnos	refrigeraros	refrigerarles, refrigerarse
	accusative	refrigerarme	refrigerarte	refrigerarlo, refrigerarla, refrigerarse	refrigerarnos	refrigeraros	refrigerarlos, refrigerarlas, refrigerarse
with gerund refrigerando
	dative	refrigerándome	refrigerándote	refrigerándole, refrigerándose	refrigerándonos	refrigerándoos	refrigerándoles, refrigerándose
	accusative	refrigerándome	refrigerándote	refrigerándolo, refrigerándola, refrigerándose	refrigerándonos	refrigerándoos	refrigerándolos, refrigerándolas, refrigerándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative refrigera
	dative	refrigérame	refrigérate	refrigérale	refrigéranos	not used	refrigérales
	accusative	refrigérame	refrigérate	refrigéralo, refrigérala	refrigéranos	not used	refrigéralos, refrigéralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative refrigerá
	dative	refrigerame	refrigerate	refrigerale	refrigeranos	not used	refrigerales
	accusative	refrigerame	refrigerate	refrigeralo, refrigerala	refrigeranos	not used	refrigeralos, refrigeralas
with formal second-person singular imperative refrigere
	dative	refrigéreme	not used	refrigérele, refrigérese	refrigérenos	not used	refrigéreles
	accusative	refrigéreme	not used	refrigérelo, refrigérela, refrigérese	refrigérenos	not used	refrigérelos, refrigérelas
with first-person plural imperative refrigeremos
	dative	not used	refrigerémoste	refrigerémosle	refrigerémonos	refrigerémoos	refrigerémosles
	accusative	not used	refrigerémoste	refrigerémoslo, refrigerémosla	refrigerémonos	refrigerémoos	refrigerémoslos, refrigerémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative refrigerad
	dative	refrigeradme	not used	refrigeradle	refrigeradnos	refrigeraos	refrigeradles
	accusative	refrigeradme	not used	refrigeradlo, refrigeradla	refrigeradnos	refrigeraos	refrigeradlos, refrigeradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative refrigeren
	dative	refrigérenme	not used	refrigérenle	refrigérennos	not used	refrigérenles, refrigérense
	accusative	refrigérenme	not used	refrigérenlo, refrigérenla	refrigérennos	not used	refrigérenlos, refrigérenlas, refrigérense

Derived terms

• refrigerador

Related terms

• frío
• refrigeración
• refrigerativo

 

Further reading

• “refrigerar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28